POD 12/11/12 GE Mobile Maid
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There is a support rod on the left which "holds" the rack up suspended in the position you see. As the lid closes, there';s a pivoting mechanism which adjusts that support arm and the rack slides down perfectly into that open space. Ity all fits together very snug and nice. Anyone notice those two coffee cups on the outside right row of the stationary part of the top rack? Those cups face the outside wall of the interior. I doubt much water reachers their interior. This isn't a KitchenAid top load portable.
toploader55
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That Top Rack.
I have a later model MM.
Those plates in the top top rack... that lid will not close unless you pull a "Lisa" like on Green Acres. Those plates are too large and they will hit the lid when trying to close it. You can BobLoad those little machines, but only smaller items can be crammed in those upper racks.
I noticed on the GE ads for the earlier model Dishwashers from the 60s undercounter models. They always put plates in the top rack to make it look like the rack can handle it, but there is no way that rack is going to slide in. Maybe with them leaning forward, but that is even doubtful.
I agree those coffee cups will not get clean.
I have a later model MM.
Those plates in the top top rack... that lid will not close unless you pull a "Lisa" like on Green Acres. Those plates are too large and they will hit the lid when trying to close it. You can BobLoad those little machines, but only smaller items can be crammed in those upper racks.
I noticed on the GE ads for the earlier model Dishwashers from the 60s undercounter models. They always put plates in the top rack to make it look like the rack can handle it, but there is no way that rack is going to slide in. Maybe with them leaning forward, but that is even doubtful.
I agree those coffee cups will not get clean.
Actually, as odd and counterintuitive as it looks, as the end jets on the wash arm come around, the flood of water coming up along the wall of the tank will probably be sufficient to wash out what is in a cup. Note that there is nothing loaded below it that will block the water. What does give one pause is how you can have so many plates, even to the extent that they have to be loaded in the upper rack, with no preparation utensils and so few beverage containers of so many types. The bowl loaded tipped back so that it does not drain does not compute unless the rack does not give sufficient stability for it to be loaded facing toward the cups which would mean that the rotating spray pattern would rock the bowl against the cups causing chipping. As has been said before, almost any dishwasher is better than no dishwasher, but GEs from this period put that premise to a severe test, UNLESS you are willing to prerinse and load extremely carefully. It was actually not a bad first dishwasher for people who did not believe a dishwasher could remove soil from dishes and had no previous experience with a machine that could wash.
There is a bracket on the inside of the lid that has a fitting that goes through a loop on the front of the portion of the rack that lifts; in essence that is the pivot point. It allows the bracket to go from vertical when the lid is closed to horizontal when the lid is opened and still stay attached to the rack. It also allows the rack to travel in an arc so that the rack is always level, whether the lid is closed or open. The strong springs that hold the lid open help hold the rack up and the support extending beneath the rack lends stability. I am sorry I cannot explain this more clearly. I guess you need to see one operate to understand.
Seems like the price & if you can get it in any other colors is the clincher...
Otherwise, I hope the majority of buyers aren't too sold on the ad's claim of what it can hold, where what each rack & area (of the 'washing arena') is holding & how well it will perform in getting everything optimally clean (& not a chip, crack, or anything prone to completely break) in the machine!
(Et tu, GE?)
-- Dave
Otherwise, I hope the majority of buyers aren't too sold on the ad's claim of what it can hold, where what each rack & area (of the 'washing arena') is holding & how well it will perform in getting everything optimally clean (& not a chip, crack, or anything prone to completely break) in the machine!
(Et tu, GE?)
-- Dave
As to the space for the rack to fit into the tub opening: You do realize that the photo is taken at an angle which shortens the visible range at the front of the tub opening. Look down and see how little cutlery you can see because most of the silver basket is not visible due to the angle of the photograph.
